Support for jacquard-cards.



No. 824,491. l1511111117311 JUNE 26, 1906. A. J. LAGASSE.

SUPPGRT FOR JAGQUARD CARDS. APPLIOAT'ION FILED JUNI: 14. 1905.

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Specifica-.tion of Letters Patent.

Patented June' 26,1906.

rpplication filed J'un'e 14,1905, Serial No. 265,129.

To a/ZZ whom' llt-may concern:

Beit known that I, ARTHUR J. LAGAssE, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bhila-` delphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of' Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Supports for Jac'-l guard-Cards, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a new 'and useful improvement in supports for jacquard-cards, and has for its object to provide supports for jacquard-cards by which the cards areV held upon the rack as they travel from the'cylinder, and said supports arelso fastened to the card as not to be easily disengaged therefrom and may be' easily and quickly applied or removed therefrom and will be inexpensive.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, and then specifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may under# stand how to make and use the same, the construction and operationwill now be described .in detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whic b v -Figure l is a sid'e elevation of a card having my improved supports attached th'ereto Fig. 2, a section taken on the line 2 2 offf ig. l; Fig. 3, a section taken on'the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a section taken on the line -I 4 of Fig. 1;

'Fig 5, a plan view of the'blank of the holder .before the same is bent upon the card.

The holders now used upon cards are made of wire running across the card, with an eX- tension on each end, and are secured tothe same by strings and are very liable to become loosened soy as not to hold the card properly or becomel disengaged altogether from the card.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a holder which will be securely attached to the card, may be-ea'sily and quickly attached, be inexpensive, and may be detached from the card if the card should become broken and used upon another card.

A represents .the jacquard card B, the holders, one arranged upon the upper or lower side ofthe card at each end thereof, and each holder is formed'from a blank of sheet metal, asy shown in Fig. 5 ,which is T shape. B represents the vertical portion, and B? the horizontal portion. This blank of sheet metal is adapted to be bent upon itself through the middle of the horizontalportion B2. The two leaves thus formed of the vertical portion B are adapted to straddle the card A flush with the end thereof, so that the folded portion B2 card, as shown in Fig. l.

are forced through .the peg and lace holes and bent over upon the opposite leaf so as to hold.

extends outward from the upper edge of the The vertical portionB is provided withextensions C, which the holder securely to the card, and the edges vof the horizontal portion B2 may alsobe provided' with points D, adapted to be bent over the other leaf of the folded portion B2, so asA to hold vthe two leaves securely tofrether.

Thus the extension formed by the folded' leaves ofthe portion B2 rests upon the rack which holds the cards as they travel from the cylinder, and the, vertical portion B', folded upon each sideof the card, securely holds the holder in place so that the same cannot be accidentallyv disengaged therefrom, and byl bending the points C outward the holder can be disengaged from any discarded or broken card and replaced upon a new one, if so delsired. i

Of course the holder can be secured to the card in any desired* manner, either by riveting, cementing, or otherwise, as the principle of m invention consists in folding a sheetmeta holder upon'both sides ofthe card and securing the same thereto, each holder having a horizontal extension extending outward therefrom. Therefore I do not wish to` be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modiiicationscould be madefwithout departing^ from the spirit of my' invention.

Having thus fully deshribed myV invention,

what I claim asnnew and useful is 1. In a support for jacquard-cards, asheetmetal blank applied to each end of the card, said blank rovidedwith a horizontal eXtension extending outward from the end of the card parallel with theupper edge thereof, a fvertical portion formed upon thesupport, the outer edge of the vertical ortion being flush with and extending para lel with the outer.

edge of the card, and means for securing said vertical portion to the card, as specified.

2. A suppoit for acquardpards consisting of la sheet-metal T-shape blank, said blank IOO adapted to be folded through the center of the horizontahleg thereof, the two vertical leaves after being folded adapted to straddle the upper edge of the card, andthe outer edge o the vertical portions coming flush with the outer end of the cards, and means for securing the vertical leaves to the card, as specified.

- 3. A support for j acquard-cards consisting of a sheet-metal Tfshape blank, said blank adapted/toY be folded vthrough the center of the horizontal leg thereof,- the two vertical leaves after being folded adapted to straddle the upper edge of the card, and the outer edge of the verticalportions coming flush with the outer end-of the cards, means for removably securingv the verticalleaves of the support to the card, as specified.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a support for jacquard-cards consisting of a-T-A shape blank of sheet material, said blank ada ted to be folded through the center of the orizontal portionthereof, the two leaves ofI the vertical portion thus formed strad- 4 dling the upper edge of the card so that one edge of the vertical portion will be flush with the outer end of the card, extension-strips formed at the edges of the leaves of the vertical portion adapted to pass through the lace and peg holes of the card andbent over upon the opposite leaf, and points formed upon the edges ofthe leaves of the horizontal portion adapted to be bent over the opposite leaves, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subl scribing witnesses.

ARTHUR J. LAGASSE. Witnesses:

MARY E. HAMER,v L. W. MORRISON. 

